Welcome

Located in beautiful downtown Santa Cruz, Comicopolis (Winner of the
Good Times Best of Santa Cruz Readers Poll—Best Comic Bookstore category)
has served the Santa Cruz community, since 1997, with the finest selection
of comics and related materials available. We LOVE comics and think you
should too. Come in and explore the finest selection of Comics and Graphic
Novels in Santa Cruz County. From Spider-Man, Batman and Archie to Walking
Dead, Scott Pilgrim and Blankets we feature the area's best, most varied
selection of comic related material available.

Show us your student I.D. and save 10%* off on all of your
purchases—all year long.

*College/University students only—discount does not 'stack' with
other discounts/offers.

Staff Picks

A selection of some of the best titles available for your
reading enjoyment.

Paper Girls

From Brian K. Vaughan, #1 New York Times bestselling writer of SAGA, and Cliff Chiang, legendary artist of WONDER WOMAN, comes the first volume of an all-new ongoing adventure.
In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this smash-hit series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.

Sex Criminals

Suzie's just a regular gal with an irregular gift: when she has sex, she stops time. One day she meets Jon and it turns out he has the same ability. And sooner or later they get around to using their gifts to do what we'd ALL do: rob a couple banks. A bawdy and brazen sex comedy for comics begins here, by MATT FRACTION (SATELLITE SAM, Hawkeye) and CHIP ZDARSKY (Prison Funnies, Monster Cops).

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got her own ongoing series! (Not that she's bragging.) That's right, you asked for it, you got it, it's SQUIRREL GIRL! (She's also starting college this semester.) It's the start of a brand-new set of adventures starring the nuttiest and most upbeat super hero in the world!

Saga

From New York Times bestselling writer BRIAN K.VAUGHAN
(Y: THE LAST MAN, EX MACHINA) and critically acclaimed artist FIONA
STAPLES (MYSTERY SOCIETY, NORTH 40), SAGA is the sweeping tale of one
young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. When two soldiers
from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they
risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in a sexy, subversive
drama for adults. This specially priced volume collects the first arc
of the smash hit series The Onion A.V. Club calls "the emotional epic
Hollywood wishes it could make."

East of West

Jonathan Hickman has done it again! This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life, lies in DEATH.

Descender

"Jeff Lemire has dreamt up an emotional, imaginative new universe, lavishly brought to life by the great Dustin Nguyen. I can't wait to see where they take TIM-21 next." - Brian K. Vaughan, Saga
Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. Written by award-winning creator, Jeff Lemire, Descender is a rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey. Lemire pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic.

Games

Comicopolis, now with more games.

Because you demanded it Comicopolis has gathered together
a fantastic selection of the finest games available.
From novice to hard-core-gamer we've got just the thing to help you Get
Your Game On!

A few of our Favorites

Click on the Game image for a quick "How-to-Play" video.

Exploding Kittens

It is a highly-strategic, kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players draw cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten, at which point they explode, they are dead, and they are out of the game — unless that player has a Defuse card, which can defuse the kitten using things like laser pointers, belly rubs, and catnip sandwiches. All of the other cards in the deck are used to move, mitigate, or avoid the Exploding Kittens.

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people. Unlike most of the party games you've played before, Cards Against Humanity is as despicable and awkward as you and your friends.
The game is simple. Each round, one player asks a question from a Black Card, and everyone else answers with their funniest White Card.

Forbidden Desert

Gear up for a thrilling adventure to recover a legendary flying machine buried deep in the ruins of an ancient desert city. You'll need to coordinate with your teammates and use every available resource if you hope to survive the scorching heat and relentless sandstorm. Find the flying machine and escape before you all become permanent artifacts of the Forbidden Desert! For 2-5 players.

Gloom

The Game of Inauspicious Incidents and Grave Consequences -
In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. You'll play horrible mishaps like Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters to lower their Self-Worth scores, while trying to cheer your opponents' characters with marriages and other happy occasions that pile on positive points. The player with the lowest total Family Value wins.

Tsuro - Game of the Path

Create your own journey with Tsuro: The Game of the Path. Place a tile and slide your stone along the path created, but take care! Other players’ paths can lead you in the wrong direction—or off the board entirely! Find your way wisely to succeed.The rules are simple: place a tile to build the next step for your stone to follow. Paths will cross and connect, and the choices you make affect all the journey across the board.

Takenoko

The Giant Panda and the Gardener - The players take the role of courtesans of the Nippon emperor and take on the role of caring for his Giant Panda by growing a bamboo plantation.
Their mission: to farm parcels of land, irrigate them, and grow green, yellow or pink bamboo. In turn, they see what the weather brings and perform two actions from among those offered to them: get a new plot of land or irrigation channel, grow bamboo, feed the panda or draw an objective card.
The game ends when a player has completed 7 to 9 objectives (depending on the number of players). The player who gets the best score by adding the total value of their completed objective wins the game. 2-4 players.